Past Events

In 1991, leading regenerative farmer John Pawsey converted Shimpling Park Farm, Suffolk, to organic production amid concerns about soil health and wildlife decline. Since then, John has managed to reverse wildlife decline, improve soil health and make his farm profitable. Jake Fiennes is the Conservation Manager at Holkham Estate, Norfolk and author of Land Healer. His habitat restoration and agricultural work at Holkham have enabled wildlife to flourish – bringing back wetlands, hedgerows, birds and butterflies over 25,000 acres of land – without sacrificing crop yields. The two of them will recount the experiments and strategies which allowed them to find the right balance between habitat restoration and agricultural productivity.

With domestic households being responsible for 24% of UK carbon emissions we can all play a role in reducing our impact on the climate.  But retrofitting in conservation areas can be complicated, which comes first conservation concerns, or tackling ...

The first ever “Big Green Film Day” of inspiring, thought-provoking films in a warm and friendly setting. With the all day cafe, music, and news from Halesworth Ash, the Millennium Green, Blyth Water Monitoring. Organised by Kim & Nick ...

The Greenprint Forum have a vision for an East Suffolk where we work together to improve our quality of life and living standards whilst reducing our environmental impact. As part of this, we want tasty, healthy food of good quality that is accessible to people and that is grown and farmed in ways that minimise negative impacts and maximise positive impacts on natural resources. This event is a Forum to explore the localisation of the production and supply of food, evaluation and enhancement of the assets of natural capital upon which the very production of food depends, and how the risks faced by farmers undergoing transformation need to be tackled.

Award-winning author Louise Gray (The Ethical Carnivore) joins us to discuss her newest book Avocado Anxiety. In an effort to make sense of the complex food system, Louise tracked the stories of our most popular fruit and vegetables from farm to fruit bowl, in order to assess their impact on the planet. As her book reveals, there are no clear-cut answers. But that doesn’t mean we should throw our hands up in despair. Rather, we need to learn what questions to pose, so we can engage in more nuanced and thoughtful cost-benefit calculations at the grocery store.

A free event to explore making Suffolk’s older homes more energy efficient will take place at The Hold in Ipswich on 6 March 2024.  The Retrofit Solutions Conference is open to Suffolk homeowners, landlords and building professionals. It will ...

Plastics play a big role in daily life, and in the technology that will power the green transition. But they're made from fossil fuel, and this accounts for 4-8% of global oil consumption. There are two sides to everything ...

A rolling event focused on the Environment and Climate Change, using Music, Food, Art, Film, Dance, Theatre, Seminars, & Lectures, to stimulate curiosity, awareness, interest, knowledge, and a relationship with natural Ipswich.

Join us for a free online talk all about hedgehogs, hosted by the Dedham Vale National Landscape, the Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape, and Suffolk Wildlife Trust. During this one-hour event we will cover the basics, ...

Writer, campaigner and food policy expert Rob Percival joins us to discuss his critically acclaimed book, The Meat Paradox. The book seeks to answer the question, how can humans simultaneously love animals and love to eat them? In this talk, Rob will explain the evolutionary and cultural origins of the meat paradox, in order to determine how and when our relationship with meat became emotionally and ethically complicated. Rob’s commentary on food and farming has featured in the national press and on prime time television, and his writing has been shortlisted for the Guardian’s International Development Journalism Prize and the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s Food Sustainability Media Award. Rob also works for the Soil Association, an organisation championing organic food and regenerative farming. As the organisation’s Head of Food Policy, he leads campaigns in support of dietary change and food system transformation.

EVEX2024 – the ‘Electric Vehicle Experience Day’ is back, bigger & better than ever!     Brought to you by EV Driver, it’s time for your business to ‘Power Ahead’ & join us at: Trinity Park, Ipswich, on Thur, April 11th ...

Walk and talk around the complex issues to do with land management, food, farming and climate, thanks to Richard Symes.